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     <td><h1 class="pagetitle">Meta</h1>
         <b><a href="../../../misc/suppkey.htm">Support Key:</a></b> 
         [<b><i class="fs">2</i></b>|<b class="s">3</b>|<b class="s">3.2</b>|<b class="s">4</b>] 
         [<b class="s">X1</b>|<b class="s">X1.1</b>]
         [<b class="s">IE2</b>|<b class="s">M2</b>|<b><i class="fs">N1.1</i></b>|<b class="s">O3</b>]</td>
     <td><a href="#what">What is it?</a><br>
         <a href="#attrib">Attributes</a><br>
         <a href="#example">Tag Example</a>
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     <td><a href="#model">Parent/Content Model</a><br>
         <a href="#tips">Tips &amp; Tricks</a><br>
         <a href="#peculiar">Browser Peculiarities</a></td>
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<font size=2>= <span class="sitetitle">Index DOT Html</span> by <a href="../../../misc/email.htm">Brian Wilson</a> =</font>
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   <th colspan=3 valign=bottom class="field"><big><u><b
       class="colheaders">&#160;&#160;&#160;Quick Statistics&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></u></big><br></th>
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<tr><th align=left><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#et">End Tag:</a></b><br></th>
    <td rowspan=7>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    <td><span class="magicword">Omitted</span></td></tr>
<tr><th align=left valign=top><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#std">Standards Details:</a></b><br></th>
    <td>HTML: In all 4.x DTDs<br>XHTML: In all 1.0 and 1.1 DTDs</td></tr>
<tr><th align=left><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#xhtm">XHTML Modules:</a></b><br></th>
    <td><b class="alert">Metainformation</b></td></tr>
<tr><th align=left valign=top><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#disp">CSS 'display' Type:</a></b><br></th>
    <td>NA</td></tr>
<tr><th align=left valign=top><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#css">CSS Mapping:</a></b><br></th>
    <td>NA</td></tr>
<tr><th align=left><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#rnd">Default Rendering:</a></b><br></th>
    <td>NA</td></tr>
<tr><th align=left><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#w3docs">Official Docs:</a></b><br></th>
    <td><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4">HTML 4.x</a>, 
        <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/abstract_modules.html#s_metamodule">XHTML 1.1</a></td></tr>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">What is it?</b></big>
    <dd>The Meta element is an extensible mechanism for use in identifying
        specialized document meta-information. Each Meta element occurrence specifies a
        Name/Value pair. If multiple Meta elements are specified with the same
        name, their combined CONTENT sections should be concatenated as a comma
        separated list to be associated with the common NAME value.
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Current common uses for META</b></big>
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#clientpull">Client Pull</a>
    <dd>Loads a document automatically after a specified number of seconds
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#charset">Document Character Set Identification</a>
    <dd>Defines the character set of the current document
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#editor">Editor Identification</a>
    <dd>Identifies the program that created the code for the document
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#searchid">Search Engine Identification</a>
    <dd>Specifies keywords and descriptions for use by several major search engines
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#pragma">Browser Cache Override, 'Pragma' version</a>
    <dd>Tells the browser not to refer to the cache when loading the current page
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#expires">Browser Cache Override, 'Expires' version</a>
    <dd>Specifies an expiration date for the current page. After the date indicated,
        the browser should not use a cached version of the page
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#pics">PICS Identification</a>
    <dd>Content categorization and ratings system
<dt><a href="metauses.htm#filter">Inter-page Transition Filter Effects</a>
    <dd>Visual effects for page entry and exit events
<dt>[<b class="alert">For other META usages, take a look at
    <a href="http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/">http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/</a></b>]
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<dt><br><big><b class="mainheading">Common Attributes</b></big>
<dt><b class="subheading">%<a href="../attributes/core.htm">Core</a>%</b>
    <dd>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<span class="ns">4</span>] 
        [<b><i class="fs">X1</i></b>|<span class="ns">X1.1</span>]
        [<b><i class="fs">IE4</i></b>|<span class="ns">M</span>|<b class="s">N6B1</b>|<b class="s">O5</b>]

<dt><b class="subheading">%<a href="../attributes/accessibility.htm">Accessibility</a>%</b>
    <dd>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<span class="ns">4</span>] 
        [<span class="ns">X1</span>|<span class="ns">X1.1</span>]
        [<b><i class="fs">IE4</i></b>|<span class="ns">M</span>|<span class="ns">N</span>|<span class="ns">O</span>]

<dt><b class="subheading">%<a href="../attributes/language.htm">Language</a>%</b>
    <dd>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<b><i class="fs">4</i></b>] 
        [<b class="s">X1</b>|<b class="s">X1.1</b>]
        [<span class="ns">IE</span>|<span class="ns">M</span>|<span class="ns">N</span>|<span class="ns">O</span>]

<dt><br><big><b class="mainheading">Specific Attributes</b></big>
<dt><b class="subheading">Content</b>
<dt>[<b><i class="fs">2</i></b>|<b class="s">3</b>|<b class="s">3.2</b>|<b class="s">4</b>] 
    [<b class="s">X1</b>|<b class="s">X1.1</b>]
    [<b class="s">IE2</b>|<b class="s">M2</b>|<b><i class="fs">N1.1</i></b>|<b class="s">O3</b>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#std">Standards Details:</a></b> 
        In all HTML 4.x/XHTML DTDs
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> Yes
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b>
     <dd>Specifies the value of the Name/Value pair. The values allowed for
         this attribute are dependent on the NAME or HTTP-EQUIV attribute used.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b> <a href="../../../misc/glossary.htm#cdata">CDATA</a>

<dt><b class="subheading">HTTP-Equiv</b>
<dt>[<b><i class="fs">2</i></b>|<b class="s">3</b>|<b class="s">3.2</b>|<b class="s">4</b>] 
    [<b class="s">X1</b>|<b class="s">X1.1</b>]
    [<b class="s">IE2</b>|<b class="s">M2</b>|<b><i class="fs">N1.1</i></b>|<b class="s">O3</b>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#std">Standards Details:</a></b> 
        In all HTML 4.x/XHTML DTDs
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> No
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b>
    <dd>This attribute binds the Meta CONTENT element to an HTTP header
        field. When a browser requests a particular page containing a META
        HTTP-Equiv element from a server, the CONTENT portion of the element
        will be attached to the document header that is passed to the browser
        before the rest of the actual document content. The browser or HTTP
        server may use this information to process the document. Values are
        not case sensitive.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b> 
        Must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]), followed by any number of characters in [A-Za-z0-9-_:.] 

<dt><b class="subheading">Name</b>
<dt>[<b><i class="fs">2</i></b>|<b class="s">3</b>|<b class="s">3.2</b>|<b class="s">4</b>] 
    [<b class="s">X1</b>|<b class="s">X1.1</b>]
    [<b class="s">IE2</b>|<b class="s">M2</b>|<b><i class="fs">N1.1</i></b>|<b class="s">O3</b>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#std">Standards Details:</a></b> 
        In all HTML 4.x/XHTML DTDs
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> No
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b>
    <dd>An attribute that specifies the name of the Name/Value pair.  If not
        present, HTTP-EQUIV must be supplied in its place.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b> 
        Must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]), followed by any number of characters in [A-Za-z0-9-_:.]

<dt><b class="subheading">Scheme</b>
<dt>[<span class="ns">2</span>|<span class="ns">3</span>|<span class="ns">3.2</span>|<b><i class="fs">4</i></b>] 
    [<b class="s">X1</b>|<b class="s">X1.1</b>]
    [<span class="ns">IE</span>|<span class="ns">M</span>|<span class="ns">N</span>|<span class="ns">O</span>]
    <dd><b class="l3heading"><a href="../stats.htm#std">Standards Details:</a></b> 
        In all HTML 4.x/XHTML DTDs
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Required?</b> No
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b>
    <dd>Indicates a pre-determined scheme/format to be used to interpret the
        CONTENT attribute value in cases where multiple formats are supported.
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Values:</b> <a href="../../../misc/glossary.htm#cdata">CDATA</a>. 
        [Dependent on the property name and the profile being used.]
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Example</b></big>
    <dd><div class="example">&lt;<b class="tagname">meta</b>
        <span class="tagattrib">http-equiv</span>=&quot;Refresh&quot;
        <span class="tagattrib">content</span>=&quot;5;
        URL=http://www.foo.com/foo.html&quot; /&gt;</div>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Parent Model</b></big>
    <dd>&lt;<a href="../h/head.htm">head</a>&gt;
<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Content Model</b></big>
    <dd><b class="alert">This element does not accept any content.</b>
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<big><b class="mainheading">Tips &amp; Tricks</b></big>
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    <li>To help search engines better index your pages, the KEYWORDS and
        DESCRIPTION values are strongly recommended to authors, especially for
        use in top-level structure pages.
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<big><b class="mainheading">Browser Peculiarities</b></big>
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    <li>Nothing to Report
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